Artist Quote by Damien Hirst

It seems strange that some artists fear a blank canvas, when it has been a major contributory factor to great paintings.

— David Luiz

The spot paintings and spin paintings were trying to find mechanical ways to make paintings.

— Damien Hirst

It wasn't really until after I got out of art school that I realized that I'd been doing that sort of for the audience,…

— John Currin

I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to operate in…

— Julian Schnabel

A painting without something disturbing in it – what's that?.

— Georges Braque

I have always wanted to make paintings that are impossible to walk past, paintings that grab and hold your attention. The more you look…

— Cecily Brown

“Once you have a blank canvas in front of your eyes, you can think about how you want to paint it.”

— Dr Prem Jagyasi

Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through…

— Paul McCartney

I'm interested in the space between the viewer and the surface of the painting - the forms and the way they work in their…

— Ellsworth Kelly

I do real paintings, you know. I'm a little messy in the studio, so I'm a bit of a danger. But I just adore…

— Jaron Lanier

I love putting paint on canvas, getting lost in the process of painting.

— Paul Simonon

With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.

— Oprah Winfrey